The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-02-10

far As could be indeed from appearancc>. that
he was equally successful with the latter in the
effort to win the affections of Nictoruc Verdict
and indeed. AS more than one witness testified.
was the most successful of the two 1t was al
so proved beyond a doubt. that on the evening
of the tli>appearance the cousins were last seen
together and bv more than one witness. that at
the time they were exchanging himh words with
each other Others testified that they had fire.
u,lently seen them thus engaged of late, and
thus, link bv link. a strong case of cirrun,stau-
tial evidence was made ont. The prosecuting
attorney summed M the ease in a ma>terly
manner. and it seemed to all in the court room
that IIcrace'> guilt was manifest
Ii wa. the second tlay Of The trial IIorart'>
counsel had remained absorbed in silence dur
ina thc earlier procedures: h., had not once r.
telretl 10 the prisoner or ,nok,. 10 him. and sat
At his fable wraprcd in his cloak. ana aunarrnI-
TX ene,ocd in the minutr- and records that he
VA, kcruin~ of thr trial lie vyas,yrry youn~
appcari,lg pcr,on->omc remarked. too vouu-,
thry feared. o conduct, 10 any favorable is.t,e
thu, case of the defendant. lie had sa, with his
back 70 lhc audience and Horace. and when he
had looked IN from his notes, it was only at
the Judge and Jury. Cases were much more
speedily disposed Of in those ,lavs than at the
present time: tlc tccLujcaIitieS of the law were
not then so minutrlv di>cl,>sed.-aud now the
counsel for the defence rose to make his re-
marks.
He was indeed Young in appraralcc. and as
he stood there. with his dark hlur cloak raised
gracefully u,,on one arm. and the rol1r thrown
back from Ii. throat. he presented a facr of
almost feminine beauty. iii, hair wa, short
and ctl,lcL ,lout III. trnuJrS and tbr t,,t,ir,S
though pa!c. were 1irm und exprcSsiye. But of
the wl,ni, appearan,c of the youno lawyer.
the eve, were the crowunw beauty: fra,irht
with ,!c:th of though, and earnest aupraI.
they were now bent UPON the it,rv. who >at in
almost rainfi,l silence Not Il Whisper was
heard in the court room and it seemed as
thouoh ,ach heart cu,,id h,. hc,rJ in it, ruirL
puI>ation,. Horace leaned forward with the
deepest interest; he had not exchanged one
word with his lawvcr, and now. n, he uot 4
rne view of lis textures. fer the first time al
most ,rvn.lI,l to think thar his fat. was ,,laceJ
in nnll.l- +, apnarcntIv incypcrjnnre. But
the >iIcn;c Was soon broken b> the uttcrance
III sound. tiit touched every heart by tho. .l,ru
musical Iuitra,icc that f.. Il ON 1he General ,1r
Not one iota of evidence" commenced the
you;hfl pi"a.ler "ha, been aJdurrI TO uroyc
The Guilt of my client. The array of evidence
tha, las been brought TO ronyirt Horace Wr.t
uI tui> SUPPOSED murder, is Of n character
th.t G.ight convict the most innorrut anrr4,
III ALL Cirrun>tontial evidence il ,,n -, i,l,.nrr
ii All. fearful in it> >uppo>j,iuu. alyay, lnubt
fuI. ,uet never .a1i>fari1,y
This luld position. The calm. r}par .,lf-
cunl nr,,, >iirit that lramc,l sneakers
cvt>. >urI ri.ca i,c i,ry. Without ot1,ri,,r on,
witness in defence. or a,irmntin.e tn r,f,,tn
one position taken bv thr nro,rru1iil,e .,ii'1i,4,
he ulra,cd 50 y;ii,ily a.i,>i the >,irii o; ,mcii
cNj.Ii,c. rs TO ,.al,; tLr jr, tn trrn,t,ln IN th
position! hich the, had Generally arrived NJ as
10 Uurar,'- Guilt. Thcy seemed 10 IL. rh.rn,,I
Us the clu,nl,l!.o ana rrln!!f,llr.>~ Of thr j,
Ilndaut'. rni,n>el. Ills mod of ,,l.,iiu,, was
>o.ncthinc n,'w in L, ro,lrt, nf l,w. H., i,n,1
10 ti,, trcIin.s of fine ,,rl thr,m.eh y I,w
4 anu,l and t;naIly chased his r,narl l,,. ),
soft aud ..!nvinu n,u,..yri,. of th,. ru,IitI If
llcrrv. liInf lrlt nu1 a ,iry eve in lhr rnurt